Concerns grow over 60 day impacts
Parliamentary crossbenchers are increasingly wary of some of the unintended consequences of 60 day dispensing, a senior Guild official says as they fight for it to be addressed in an …
Minister at the hospital pharmacy coalface
Federal minister Emma McBride has recently returned to her professional roots and visited a regional hospital pharmacy McBride, the Assistant Minister for Regional and Rural Health, and a hospital pharmacist, …
Scholarship awarded
The inaugural recipient of the Andrew Tu Scholarship has been announced The Sydney Pharmacy School has announced that Sanam Fath-Abadi is the inaugural recipient of Andrew Tu Scholarship. Sanam is …
Harm minimisation: what’s the role of pharmacy?
Vaping, buprenorphine, drug testing, naloxone and more: Angelo Pricolo gets the latest views from harm minimisation experts Why is the naloxone program not seeing wider take-up? Should pharmacists be able …
Understanding trauma
Dr Susan Baidawi talks about the importance of trauma-informed care, and the growing awareness around the social determinants of health outcomes In this video I speak with Dr Susan Baidawi, …
Breaking new ground
Lisa Nguyen talks about developing a pharmacy that specialises in the provision of medicinal cannabis In this video I speak to Lisa Nguyen, pharmacist and founder of Astrid Health, …
You are what you eat
Nutrition is at the root of good, and bad, health. Are health professionals giving the best possible advice to patients? Chris Brooker reports The food and beverages people consume (their …
May MIMS update
We look at some of the recent changes to the medicines landscape, with new products as well as changes to indications New Products LetibotulinumtoxinA (Letybo) blocks cholinergic transmission at the …
More than ever, pharmacy matters
Find out about our curated collection of articles from two of the leading experts in pharmacy retail and business advice Pharmacy Matters: Success Factors for Pharmacy is a book …
The top ten
What were the ten most clicked stories over the previous month? One topic has dominated the pharmacy news cycle like no other in recent weeks… and yes our top ten …
Leading from the front
Tom Simpson, SHPA’s recently elected president, talks about his career in both pharmacy and E-health When I attended Medicines Management 2022 in November last year, the newly elected President of …
Small wins for small business
The federal budget did contain some welcome initiatives to help the small business community While the attention of most in the pharmacy sector was on medicines policy when Federal Treasurer …